Word: deaconness
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...deacon is neither a priest nor a layman. He may not celebrate Mass or hear confessions, but he may officiate at baptisms, marriages and funerals, as well as preach. What is more, he can be a married man, provided he has married before becoming a deacon. Unmarried deacons must, like priests, take a vow of celibacy; all deacons make a promise of obedience to their bishops...
...received a dispensation since he is only 33. The father of two, Ekhaml sees the diaconate as "a distinct vocation which gives me a positive goal." He has been working with the deaf in his off-hours for eight years and will continue to do so as a deacon. "The deaf are deprived of contact with God," he says. "If they go to church, they don't know what's going on. It's like watching TV with the sound turned...
...bane of any ball club, but Miami, thanks to Shula's shrewd stockpiling of excess talent, has as much depth as any team in the league. That was demonstrated in the Dolphins' fifth game of the season, against the San Diego Chargers. In the first quarter, Deacon Jones and Ron East hauled Griese to the ground, dislocating the star quarterback's ankle and breaking a bone in his leg. But Shula had come prepared. In reserve he had reliable Earl Morrall, the seasoned N.F.L. journeyman whom Shula had picked up from Baltimore last April...
Heaven-bent might sound better, considering Vereen's background. Not only was his father a deacon at Brooklyn's Concord Baptist Church and his godfather a traveling Baptist preacher, but Vereen studied six months in a Manhattan seminary. "I was always being saved," he says of his upbringing, "getting on my knees and ridding myself of the demon." Though he quit the seminary and later had what he calls a "little lovers' quarrel" with the church, he says he went into the theater "because it allowed me to reach people in so many capacities, to build...
Yale's only score came on a second half safety when the Deacon faded-back to pass and tripped on a misplaced turkey. The Eli rushers dived for the bird with thoughts of Thanksgiving dancing in their heads. They mimed, landed on the Deacon, and were awarded two points...